Burmese and Oromo
Countries
Myanmar
Ethiopia, Kenya
National Language
Myanmar
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Somalia
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Thai Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
akkam
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Maaloo
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
naa dhiisi
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Borana
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Ethiopia, Kenya
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Kenya
Where They Speak
Burma
Kenya
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Afaan Oromoo
German Name
Birmanisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Oromos
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese and Oromo Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Oromo Speaking population
Burmese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Oromo on Burmese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Oromo Language Codes
Burmese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.